GLIN NEWS: 08 June 2009

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Great Lakes Daily News: 08 June 2009

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Bacteria lurk as swimmers hit Lake Erie

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With schools on summer vacation, families soon will flock to Lake Erie beaches to swim while trying to avoid gut-wrenching encounters with bacteria. Source: The Toledo Blade (6/8)





Arn Boezaart appointed to Great Lakes Wind Council

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The Muskegon area finally has a seat on the Michigan Great Lakes Wind Council, as the governor-appointed group begins to study state policy toward wind turbines on the Great Lakes. Source: The Muskegon Chronicle (6/8)





Ohio can ride wind trend

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With everything from government legislation to public sentiment driving the demand for alternative energy, traditional Northeast Ohio businesses have a great opportunity to diversify into this rapidly growing field. Source: Akron Beacon Journal (6/8)





Cleveland's Cuyahoga River, which once burned, now showing more diverse fish life

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An unusual fishing technique - electrofishing - is demonstrating the improved quality of Cleveland's Cuyahoga River, which spurred an environmental movement after it caught fire 40 years ago. Source: Fox 8 News (6/8)





Making solar panels requires old-fashioned coal-fired power

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The process of manufacturing base materials and panels to capture electricity from the sun is energy-intensive, utility officials say. And that energy comes mostly from fossil fuels in Michigan, where up to eight new coal-fired power plants are on the drawing board.  Source: The Bay City Times (6/7)





COMMENTARY: Boundary waters

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The Boundary Waters Treaty and the International Joint Commission have provided governments, businesses and the people of both countries with a framework of principles and objectives for working together. But it is too early to declare victory in the struggle to restore the health of Niagara's waters.  Source: The Buffalo News (6/7)





S.S. Badger coal ash dumping surprises many

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Recent revelations that the S.S. Badger dumps all of its coal ash waste - hundreds of tons each sailing season - into Lake Michigan have caught many people by surprise. Especially, that the practice is legal. Source: The Muskegon Chronicle (6/6)





Eels edging toward extinction in Lake Ontario

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The American eel has for millennia swam thousands of miles of ocean to reach Lake Ontario, where it matures and then swims back to its ocean birthplace to spawn and die. But after 125 million years, the eel is vanishing from the St. Lawrence River-Lake Ontario system. Source: Newsday (6/6)





Waukesha asked not to apply for lake water until rules in place

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Waukesha's pursuit of Lake Michigan water is likely headed for a logjam of delays because state rules are not in place to guide the thirsty community through a potentially thorny quest to gain permission by other Great Lakes states to turn on the tap, Milwaukee officials and environmental advocates say. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (6/5)





Stressers changing fish

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Lake Ontario is accumulating what one expert calls "stressers," factors that may affect fish perhaps more than some species can handle. "It's changing the fish communities from colder fish communities to warmer ones," warns John Casselman. "Different species now are becoming more abundant." Source: The Whig Standard (6/4)

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